Moth and bug proof receptacle for clothing.



No. 780,032. PATENTED JAN. 24, 1905.

W. j). BALLO.

MOTH AND BUG PROOF REGBPTACLE FOR CLOTHING. APPIIIOATION FILED MAY 9.1904.

Patented January 24, 1905.

PATENT OEEICE.

WILLIs DWIGHT BALLO-U,

OF BELDING., MICHIGAN.

MOTH AND BUG. PROOF REOEPTAOL FOR CLOTHING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 780,632, dated January24, 1905.

Application filed May 9, 1904. Serial No. 206,9-91. i

T @ZZ whom it may concern:

Beit known thatI, `WILLIs DWIGHT BALIIOU, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Belding, in the county of Ionia and State ofMichigan, havefinvented certain new and useful Improvements lin Moth andBug Proof Receptacles for Clothing; and I'do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in moth and bug proof receptaclesfor clothing; and its object is to provide alight,strong, and cheapdevice and to provide the same with means for eifectually excludingmoths, bugs, and other like vermin; and it consists, essentially, of alight structure having Walls and bottom made of canvas or other suitablefabric and provided with a substantial rim at the top, presenting asurface adapted to engage a suitable packing, a tight cover adapted tobe securely fastened in place, and a packing between the cover and rimconsisting of elastic material, preferably of rubber tubing, secured tothe cover and eifectually closing the seam between the cover and therim, where- .by an air-tight bug-proof receptacle is produced which islight and convenient for use in storing clothing or other articles oflike nature. v Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure- 1 is aperspective of a device embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a sectionaldetail showing a portion of the cover with the packing attached thereto;Fig-3, the same with the cover in place upon the rim and the packingcompressed, and Figs. 4. and 5 enlarged details illustrating a method ofsecuring the packing in place. i

Like numerals refer to like parts in all of the figures.

l represents the body of the receptacle,

' which is herein shown as consisting of a suitable basket-shapedstructure having walls and bottom consisting of canvas or other likematerial through which bugs, moths, and other like vermin will not pass,and supported upon a suitable framework at the top of which and 5Gsurrounding the opening of the receptacle is a suitable substantial rimto present a fiat surface to engage the packing attached to the lthrough which moths and bugs will not penetrate. This packing isysecured in place by means of suitable tacks or nails 7, which arearranged with their heads within the rubber tube and extend through theside of the tube adjacent to the cover only. To insert these nails ortacks, I prefer to cut longitudinal slits or openings 6 in theouter sideof the rubber tube opposite the point where the nails are to beinserted, as shown in Figs. 4L and 5. I am thus enabled to pass the nailwholly through this opening 6 and insert it in place, with its headengaging the opposite inner surface of the tube. Where the ends of thetube abut against each other, the nails are inserted in like manner, asillustrated in Fig. 4, the nail being inserted in one end of the tubeand driven in a slightly-inclined position, as at 7, the opposite end ofthe tube being depressed for the' purpose, as at 4, and this depressedend in like manner can be secured by depressing the opposite end andinserting another nail 7 therein. The nails thus securely hold the tubeand at the same time afford no obstruction to the compression orflattening of the tube when it is in place between the cover l IOOprising a suitable frame, a canvas structure attached to the frame, arirn on the frame and having a Hat Surface, a cover, means for securingthe cover in place, a packing consisting of an elastic rubber tubehaving openings in one side, and nails inserted wholly through Saidopenings, and With their heads Vengaging the interior of the tubeopposite said openings and also extending through the side of the tubeOpposite the said openings and n- 10 serted 1n the cover.

In testimony whereof I :Li'ix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIS DWIGHT BALLOU.

Witnesses:

F. 0. PINKHAM, A. M. WARREN.

